WHAT'S NEW AT M.E.B.A.

May 18, 2012

• Judges halt NLRB regulations
• Port of Los Angeles Container Volumes Jump 14.5% in April
• Saint Lawrence Seaway Begins Season With Volume Gain
• Long Beach Begins Construction of Middle Harbor Project
• Orient Overseas Container Line Fights their Way Back to Black

May 11, 2012

• Congressman Norm Dicks Honors M.E.B.A. at “Salute to Congress”
• The International Propeller Club of the United States presents: 2012 Salute to Congress dinner and award
• UPDATE 1-Neptune Orient Q1 loss widens, outlook bleak
• Hapag-Lloyd Posts $172 Million First Quarter Loss
• Matson’s First Quarter Profit Up 50 Percent
• Horizon Operating Loss Narrowed in First Quarter
• ex-Hawaai Superferry to be Re-named 'USNS Guam'
• Piracy & Passenger Ship Safety High on IMO’s Maritime Safety Committee Agenda
• Costa Concordia Wreck Removal Video, Not Quite Accurate
• 401(k)s are too risky for retirement
• Will Horizon Lines go down with the Jones Act?
• Saudi Arabia to Send More Crude Oil Supertankers to the US
• Panama Approves New Colon Container Terminal
• Bullish on Future of US LNG Exports, Asian Firms Sign $498 Million Investment Deal
• IMO's Latest STCW Meeting
• Sector Guam Establishes Port Readiness Committee in Response to Strategic Port Designation
• West Coast Dockworkers Voice Support for East, Gulf Coast ILA
• Former Exxon Valdez Tanker Banned From Entering India for Scrapping

May 04, 2012

• Army Corps OKs Jacksonville’s 'Mile Point' Project
• LA Port Adopts Clean-Air Program for Ships
• APL Sets Congestion Fee at Aden Port
• USCG UPDATE: Panamax Tanker Strikes Jackup Rig, Grounds Itself Off Port Aransas [IMAGES]
• Asia's Largest Shipbreaking Yard Opposes State Plan
• Port of Oakland Closed for Day Shift on Tuesday
• Field trial to safely extract steady flow of natural gas from methane hydrates successful
• Meet Michael Grimm, Labor’s Favorite Tea Party Republican
• Hidden Documents Reveal Al Qaeda Plans to Attack Cruise Ships [REPORT]
• Container Ship Wreck 'Rena' Update
• U.S. Containerized Imports Rose 7.3 Percent in March
• Event: American Merchant Marine Veterans Annual Convention

News coverage on Maritime Unions

• Unions say cuts in manning plus increases in paperwork increase maritime accident risk
• U.S. Maritime Unions: Insufficient Shipboard Manning Fuels Fatigue, Boosts Risks
• U.S. Maritime Officers Call on Congress to Take Action on Insufficient Shipboard Manning

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